This seemed like a busy week. My daughter had an application for a scholarship that had to go out this week and I ended up spending quite a bit of time helping her put everything together and proofreading the paper she had to write to apply for the scholarship. I am not sure how many scholarships will be given out but we will be keeping our fingers crossed that she gets this one.

Marching band is in full swing and has taken over our lives in a lot of ways. My daughter is up and out of the house very early every day for practice before school and is out every evening for some kind of practice. I ate dinner alone most nights this week with everyone else running out of the house almost non-stop. We had a football game halftime performance on Friday night and an all-day competition on Saturday. I usually have helped with all of the heavy props in the past but I don't feel that I am quite ready for it this year since I am still healing from surgery. I kind of feel bad about it seeing all of the hard work being done but it was really nice to get a chance to sit in the stands and just enjoy all of the bands. Our band took 2nd place overall so it was a very rewarding day for the group.

My daughter directing the band.

The drum majors with the 2nd place trophy - My daughter is in the middle.

I have my fingers and toes crossed for your daughter. I hope she gets the scholarship. Nice stack of books there. I am a Starbound fan. I thought the second book has such a strong Romeo and Juliet vibe.

I know what you mean about not being able to help like you usually do--but you need to take care of you right now and I am glad you are doing so. Healing takes time. I love that you keep us posted on your daughter's activities! Good luck to her with the scholarship applications! And congratulations to the band for doing so well!

Your new books all look great! I don't go to the dollar store often enough. Have a great week, Carole!

Good luck with the scholarship applications! I remember doing that! Very smart to not get involved in the heavy lifting though I know that was hard but how nice to be able to sit and really enjoy the performance. And congratulations to coming in 2nd! Hope you're having a great week!

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The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group - Berkley
Publication Date: May 26, 2020
Date Read: May 25, 2020
Length: 400 pages
Source: Publisher ★★★★☆Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi PoW camp to be with the man she loves.

In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner-of-war Bill have secretly married, and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible, until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracker dogs.

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